Brush



R. GAHILL.

(Model.)

BRUSH.

No. 391,687. Patented 001;. 23, 1888..

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i RICHARD CAHILL, OF BROOKLYN, NFV YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,687, dated October 23, 1888.

Application tiled January 6, 1886. Serial No. 187,788. (Model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Riemann Gamm., of

Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have inj the ornamental handle is secured. By this means I can use bristles of halflength,or long bristles eut in hait', so that I can thus use the root end of the bristles for making stiff brushes for cloth, while the fag or tip end of the bristles will be used for softer brushes for hats or piush,thereby making a bristle whiskbrush at little expense and ofsuperior quality. The block in which the bristles are set is preferably bound with plush or other ornamental covering, which is secured in peripheral grooves on the edge of the block, and the peg, when inserted in the top of the block, serves to strain and wedge said covering in place and produce a good finish to the construction.

My invention therefore consists in the fea tures above outlined, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings annexed, Figure l gives a perspective view of my improved brush. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the brush, and Fig. 3 a cross-section on .e .r ol' Fig. 2. Fig. i is a plan view of the naked block.

Referring te the drawings, more especially 2, it may be seen that my improved whisk is made up of four distinct parts,instead of the three parts heretofore used in whisks. The said three parts consisted of the fibers or brushing material, the central peg or pin on which the fibers were directly bunched and bound, and the ornamental handle affixed to the projecting end of the peg.

In my improved brush, as seen in Figs. l and 2, the four distinct elements are the brusl1- ing material or bristles c, the head er block b, into which they are set,the pin or peg @,socketed in said head, and the ornamental handle Laflixed to the peg. The block I) is preferably made of wood in the ferm of a semicircle, its

lower edge being bored with divergent holes, v

into which the bristles c are set or cemented in bunches in a manner similar to that usual in making bristle brushes, only the holes are rather more divergent and the bunches of bristies are set in with a slight twisting motion, so as to cause the bristles to diverge positively, and thus give the mass of bristles a distinct whisk shape, as shown. i he curved periphery of the blockb is furrowed with a central groove, e, as seen best in Figs. 3 and 4, which runs into the central hole,f, in which the peg c is socketed.

In order to give an ornamental finish tothe brush, the block is bound with plush or other suitable covering, g g, which is preferably cut in two semieircular pieces, which are glued at the lower edge tothe straight edge of the block close to the bristles, and are then strained over the curved edge ofthe block, the curved edges of the plush pieces being brought together and forced int-o the groove e, which has been previously filled or brushed with glue, thus securely cementing the plush on the curved edges of the block without making a protuberance or seam thereon, as will be understood from Figs. 2 and 3. The lower edge of the covered block is then bound with gimp, h, as seen best in Figs. l and 5, giving a fine border linish at the base of the bristles, and the joint of the plush at the groove e is concealed by astrip of gimp, t, run up each curved side of the block and glued thereon, the fag end of the gimp being tucked into the central hole, f, together with the edges of the plush pieces g g near the hole, after which the hole or the peg c is well daubed with glue and the peg is driven into the holc, thus drawing in at the same time the fag ends of the gimp and the plush, and thus straining and fastening the same iirmly in place simultaneously with the peg itself. An ornamental hollow handle,

d, is then placed over the projecting end ol' the peg and is glued and tacked thereto, as will be understood from Fig. 2, thus rendering the brush complete, as seen in Figs. l, 2, and 5.

It will now be seen that by making the whisk with a block, b, intermediate between thc central pcg and the brushing iibcrs, instead IOO of bunching and binding the bers directly on the peg, as heretofore, I can use fibers of nearly half the length usually employed in Whisks; hence shortbristles or cut bristles may be used in making the whisk, which is agreat advantage. In fact, by this method I can use long bristles cut in half, which are what I employ in making the improved whisks.

For clothes-brushes I use the lower half of the bristles, the root ends being inserted in the bloclgwhile the cut ends form thefree or brushing ends of the bristles. For softer brushes for hats or fine goods I use the other half of the bristles, the cut ends being inserted in the block as both stiff and soft brushes can be produced by using both halves of the bristles, as I have described; hence the Wants in both extremes can be filled much better than are filled at present by broom-corn and horse-hair whisks. It will be further readily seen that the Wide diverged form of the bristles in my improved form of brush enables the Whisk to cover a good deal of surface at once, yet with a light, effective, elastic touch,Which,While not injurious to the nap, is very searching on dust and fibers on the nap, which it removes rapidly, and yet cleans and frees itself thoroughly of all the material brushed off, as the long elastic divergent nature of the bristles prevents the dust or other matter lodging among the bristies; but it is, on the contrary, rapidly shot out from the bristles and not deposited back again on the clothes, thus making the brush very quick and clean in its brushing action and selfcleaning in itself, which areimportant advantages over common Whisks, as Well as over common bristle brushes.

Instead of making the peg c and ornamental handle d in separate parts, as shown in Fig. 2, they may be made in one solid piece or in two pieces firmly fastened together and before being socketed in the block.

What I claim as my invention isl. In a brush substantially as set forth, the central bristle-holding block, b, formed with peripheral groove @,With ornamental covering g, secured in said groove, substantially as set forth.

2. In abrush substantially such as set forth, the con1bination,with the bristle-holding block Z1, having the central hole, f, and peripheral groove c, of the ornamental covering g, having.

its edges secured Within said groove, binding i, over the groove and over the edges of the covering g, and handle-pin c, driven into said hole with the fag ends of said binding and coverings, substantially as herein set forth.

RICHARD CAHLL.

Vitnesses:

JNO. E. GAvrN, JOHN BECKER. 

